The EAIE Barometer is a study conducted by EAIE and Ecorys that surveyed over 2,000 practitioners in 33 European countries to understand trends in internationalization, and knowledge and skill needs. It found that internationalization activities are increasing, especially in strategic partnerships and international student services. Monitoring of internationalization efforts is also widespread at both the institutional and national levels. The top challenges identified were improving strategic partnerships, increasing outgoing student mobility, and implementing internationalization strategies. Practitioners reported greater knowledge needs than skill needs, with needs varying by country and area of activity.

1. THE EAIE BAROMETER
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Welcome

2. • The EAIE Barometer
• Aim of the EAIE Barometer
• Methodology
• Background characteristics
• Findings internationalisation trends
• Findings skill and knowledge needs
• Conclusions
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Content

3. INTRODUCTION AND AIM
Part 1

4. • Study conducted in the 47 countries of the
European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
• Shows perceptions of individuals
• Maps the state of internationalisation on
European and national level
• Reveals knowledge & skill needs and gaps
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What is the EAIE Barometer?

5. • Advance internationalisation through knowledge
on state of European internationalisation
• Provide the practitioner view - the missing piece
in the puzzle
• Shed light on knowledge and skill needs to
support the content of our activities
• Establish EAIE as a thought leader
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Why did we do this?

6. • EAIE in cooperation with research and
consultancy company Ecorys
• Input from practitioners in different countries,
institutions and positions
• Respondents from 33 EHEA countries:
– 26 countries with at least 30 respondents
– 7 countries with at least 10 respondents
• Findings present perceptions of 2 093 staff
working at HEI’s
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How did we do this?

7. BACKGROUND
CHARACTERISTICS
Part 2

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10. HEI’s
• 3/4 work in HEI’s with <20 000 students; majority
has <500 international students
• Majority are publicly funded research HEI’s
Practitioners
• SIO’s
• 2/3 work at central and 1/3 at faculty level
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Our respondents

11. TRENDS
Part 3

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Activity increase by funding source

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Content of int’l strategy

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Monitoring & evaluation by country
• Map of Europe for monitoring on institutional
level

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Monitoring & evaluation by country
• Map of Europe for monitoring on national level

20. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Part 4

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26. CONCLUSIONS
Part 5

27. • Main reasons to internationalise: quality of
education, preparing students for global world
and attracting int’l students
• Leading HEI’s show highest occurrence of
separate strategy while integrated strategy is
most common in average HEI’s
• Most increase in # of strategic partnerships &
their implementation and quality of int’l services
• Institutional and national monitoring of
internationalisation is widespread
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Conclusions: trends

28. • Top challenges across Europe: Improving int’l
strategic partnerships, increasing outgoing
student mobility & implementing int’l strategy
• Practitioners show bigger knowledge than skill
needs
• General trends on knowledge and skill needs
discernible across Europe
• Knowledge & skill needs vary by country and
area of activity
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Conclusions: knowledge and skills

29. • To advisory group members for valuable input
• To members in EAIE leadership for feedback on
survey and help in spreading it
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Thank you!

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